Object card·SAL_1967·1967

Lyre-player figurine fragment, area south of the rampart

Lyre-player figurine fragment, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1967. "Lyre-player figurine fragment, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bust fragment of a lyre-player figurine with the entire right arm and the lyre, in chamois fabric, moulded solid, H. 7.8 cm, l. 9 cm, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ3, Classical period. The lyre, with narrow horizontal uprights and three clearly drawn strings, is held on the left arm, which it entirely hides, while the right arm is bent forward at a right angle with the hand holding the plectrum (not visible) below the right breast; the forearm emerges bare from a mid-length sleeve, and a bracelet is worn at the wrist. Inventory Tc_0528; 4 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart epoque : Classique carre : K VI/γ3 num planche : PL_12 type :Joueuse de Lyre objet : Agents du culte : joueuses de lyre-cithare diapositives : C_1872 inv objet : Tc_0528 inv tessons : Tc_0528 pub : SAL_PUB_139892_XIV_CAT_14_0383_p_0113 Fragment : buste, avec le bras droit entier et la lyre. Pâte chamois. Moulé plein. H. 7,8 l. 9. La lyre, aux montants horizontaux étroits et à 3 cordes nettement dessinées, est tenue sur le bras gauche qu'elle cache entièrement, tandis que le bras droit est replié par-devant, à angle droit, la main tenant le plectre (invisible) sous le sein droit. L'avant-bras ressort à nu d'une manche mi-longue qui enveloppe le haut du bras et qui s'ouvre amplement en avant du coude. Une tunique à petit plissé vertical régulier couvre le buste. Bracelet au poignet.

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